Garou Kuroryuu

I'm going to ask the obvious question - which likely has an even more obvious answer that I can't think of but...

Isn't encasing the city in what amounts to glass a really bad idea? I mean - what about alien attacks? Is that glass made of some Over-Technology super alloy? Is pin-point barrier technology really so reliable?

Or is it that they always meant this to be a "city ship?"

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Since I don't think we have an official answer, I would go with:

1) OT super glass

2) It's a city ship.

So the Megaroads would be the early versions of the "city ships" of Mac7 and F, since both kind of ships always had a huge a$$ battle fleet as escorts (Nupietz first, then all the new breed of ships).

Robotech.

It was aired in 87 here in Mexico, Macross Saga hooked me up totally, and some years later I was able to get a hold of a copied DYRL dubbed VHS. Then I started my quest to get my hands on the original series. Only last year I was able to get Animeigo's boxset with the complete original series and the special boxset for DYRL.

The cycle has been closed.

But that's just a pair of details: both of these shows and these novels remain very recommendable, and that's the important part

QFT.... thou short, this a great story (and deeply sad I must add) told in an excellent way. Great animation (thou fugly mechas), soft tunes and cool heart-breaking ending (don't show to yer girlfriend unless u want endless crying for hours).

Anyone else order from Amazon Japan?

I did. I wouldn't expect any problems either. Good thing those region-free dvd players exist.

Preordered this beauty months ago, as soon as I knew about it.

I'm happy the more details we get about it, the better deal it is

Hope it doesn't take too long to get to me.... me wanna.... NOW!!!!

Received the boxset from roblowtech last Thursday... what can I say?... original remastered Macross in a nice box for $40?

Pure joy I tell ya!!!

I just ordered the boxset from roblowtech store, thanks for the heads up!!

What's next, a live action Naruto movie?

no thanks

DON'T..... EVEN... MENTION IT!!!!!!!

Does some one know what was the latest character design work Mikimoto was involved in?

I'd like to take a look at his recent works, and maybe get an idea of where he's gone to. Most artists change their styles along their carreers, and I don't think he's an exception. Just take a look at his latest Minmei design (which I also love, BTW).

Crazy wish, but have them include the opening sequence from DYRL? Saturn/PS2 games as a bonus. That's the opening I would have liked to see to have a "completeness" sense from the movie.

The big ole tank in the GITS movie was pimp. There was also the similar one in Stand Alone Complex episode 2.

Agree with you in that both designs are great, IF we're considering "walking tanks" as "tanks"

After reading the whole thread (yes, I DID it), it came to me something.

Even if WB/Spidey got the rights for the movie, I'm sure it's in the most of HG's interests that the movie reflects in a way (whichever) what they're trying to pull for their own Roblowtek story/toys/merchandise action plan.

And after a couple of out-of-sense aircraft drawings, I realized that the Alpha (i know, Legioss!!) are already close enough to 21st-century fighter aircraft (thouh quite blocky) for an easy and quick upgrade. Just picture a "softened-blended-lines" Alpha and you get a bastard F-35/YF-23 spin off:

- Over fuselage engine "pods" (YF-23)

- No real horizontal stabilizers (YF-23)

- VTOL (F-35. I remember the Legioss had an under fuselage engine, so one could imagine a fan for lift)

Of course, a lot of "blending" and modifications would need to be made to the design, but I believe it can still fill both needs: be palatable to 21st century movie goers (WB) and retain a Legioss-like appearance (HG).

I'm not saying this is what will happen, but I think it's a logical way to put it and not that far stretched. God knows what WB is really thinking in the end.

preordered

Done as well..... just can't wait for it

Good someone brought this up, since I'm currently in the Bay Area as well.

Last week I went to Japantown, and there was a toy store where they had a 1/48 VF-1A Angel Birds. If I remember well, price was $175. Haven't seen any other Yammi Valk in japantown at all.

I'll have to go down to the Metron and check the store eugimon mentions.

Thanks for the info by the way!

The gatling gun on the Hellhound is supposed to be wickedly huge; it's primarily an anti-labor weapon. I really doubt that the largest sized real-world gatling guns on navy ships and inside fighter jets would do much more than knock out cameras and break the headlights on a standard labor, let alone a combat labor!

Actually, the A-10's gun (GAU-8 Avenger) is a 30mm 7-barrel gatling gun. It's the largest Gatling gun in service that I'm aware of, on an aircraft or any other vehicle. US Navy's Phalanx CIWS use 20mm 6-barrel guns. And as MilSpex said, those are mainly used to shred incoming threats to pieces, not to break through armor.

I'm sure Dave will jump in if I made any mistake.

Going back to the model itself. I find the Comanchero a little "simple" in terms of design, at least in the provided line art. It may look a lot better with some "fine-tunning" while building the mold.

Those look like tourists subs out of Disneyland.....

and that valk.... looks...... gundam-ish!!!!! Oh, my.... next pic we'll get a revamped version of the tittied valk

I wash I was wrong

Anybody know if the single dvd edition has the deleated scenes? I could care less about making of and commentary but i do want the deleated scenes.

I'm buying the DVD as soon as I get off from work. I might let you know tomorrow.

Still, I'd also like it to have those deleted scenes.

I believe they intended for it to simply be an F-14B with a D's chinpod (Thus "F-14B Kai"), but due to poor references/research, it wasn't.

They could have gone completely with the D variant, since IU, it would be the latest Tomcat to fly (even if it's for a fictional UN government). I'm going more with the "poor research" option there

Hippies rejoice!

Indeed.

I just hope he stays away from the tree-hugging magical-girl macross-less themes. He can keep the lolicon stuff thou.

Well they could do a movie where the terminators actually win and finally kill all humans and have the future be set....

BRAVO!!! MAGNIFICO!!!

Haven't you thought of being a Holliwood scripter?

No i never watched it, YES i STILL want a real dragon Ball/Z movie.

If they can make KUNG FU HUSTLE, they can make a dragon ball movie.

I liked it, but I prefer Shaolin Soccer, the live-action parody of Captain Tsubasa manga/anime.

Both are really funny anyway, a real treat

Tell me about it, Transformers trailer-Beagle-2-probe...

Or Top-gun's F-5-turned-Mig-28s? Firing Exocet anti-ship missiles?!?!?!?!

Gimme a break!

I'd go with an enigma-esque paint scheme, only a little darker (light grey instead of off-white and generally, darker grays).

Not copying G.I. Joe, but I think "Storm shadows" for squadron name fits the paint scheme

Kamui = Cloths for the Gods, like Athena's, Poseidon's, Hades', Odin Rope...etc. Though don't remember they used that term in the anime TV or OVA. Only read it from the wikipedia. Was that term from the manga?

If I remember right, that should be "kamei", not "kamui".

I'm almost sure there will be a PS3 version. And considering the better image processing power of the PS3, I'm almost sure it'll look even better than on 360.

Just can't wait!